a staggering $1.3 million for her AIDS-relief charity Thursday at a
celebrity-studded affair at New York City's famed Apollo Theater that
also included Jennifer Hudson and Whoopi Goldberg, according to
published reports.
The Black Ball Redux benefited her charity Keep a Child Alive, which
supports HIV/AIDS outreach in India and Africa, and Oprah Winfrey was
honored for her work with The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for
Girls in South Africa. But the night's big moment came when
billionaire Stewart Rahr bid $250,000 for a trip to South Africa
accompanied by Keys--and he also pledged $1 million to her foundation.